Today the first World Cup races took place at the Olympia Bob Run. At cold temperatures but sunshine, 27 mem and 24 women fought for the medals. The experienced skeleton slider Marina Gilardoni and Marco Rohrer and the young Riet Graf participated in the competitions for Switzerland.

After an exciting men's competition, Martins Dukurs (LAT) won 3 hundreths ahead of Sungbin Yun (KOR) . The Russian Nikita Tregybov (+0,55) finished in third place. The Top-6 were completed by Alexander Tretiakov (RUS), Alexander Gassner (GER) and Tomass Dukurs (LAT). The Swiss participants Marco Rohrer and Riet Graf were able to show some good performances. They finished the race in 12th and 15th place.

Already in training, an exciting competition was bound to happen among the best ranked female skeleton athletes. Mirela Rahneva (CAN) who had already won the Europe Cup race here one year ago, celebrated a great victory. She finished 1,83 secondes ahead of Kendall Wesenberg (USA). In third place Janine Flock from Austrian (+1.98). Also in the Top-6: Elisabeth Vathje (CAN), Kimberly Bos (NED) and Laura Deas (GBR). The only Swiss athlete Marina Gilardoni finished in 13th place.

The Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz-Celerina congratulates all skeleton athletes on their great performances and is looking forward to the 2men bobsleigh competitions tomorrow, 9am. Come also to the track to cheer on the best athletes in the world. Tickets can be bought directly on the track for CHF 25 per day or CHF 45 for all the competitions.